Definitions for mourners

mourners mourn·er

Spelling: [mawr-ner, mohr-]
IPA: /ˈmɔr nər, ˈmoʊr-/

Mourners is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 234 anagrams from letters in mourners (emnorrsu).

Definitions for mourners

noun

  1. a person who mourns.
  2. a person who attends a funeral to mourn for the deceased.
  3. (at religious revival meetings) a person who professes penitence for sin, with desire for salvation.

Origin of mourners

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at mourn, -er1

Examples for mourners

Grief is isolating, dividing the mourner from anyone who has yet to endure grief.

Did ever mourner plead with thee, And thou refuse that mourner's plea?

By 1915, mourning attire had begun to draw more attention to the mourner than to the deceased, drawing critics to the practice.

No doubt he made his living as mourner at funerals to which no other mourners came.

But what Gilgamesh is not permitted to hear, the mourner is told.

Behind the coach, the mourner, for whom the coach was intended, walking in the dust.

The name is from the Egyptian, as applied to a mourner or a singer at a funeral.

Even if he knew him well, his face changed when he saw a mourner.

The question uppermost in the mind of the mourner is "Will the dead return?"

As she screamed she struck down at the mourner with her clenched fist.

Word Value for mourners
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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